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-Loki- wrote:

Also, defective CPUs happen all the time. It's just not as noticeable because you buy one for your PC, not dozens. CPUs also break and need replacing after installation and working initially. CPUs are also intentionally sold broken. Those triple core CPUs? They're usually quad core CPUs with a defective core. True, they're advertised as triple core, not quad core, CPUs. But there's nothing on the box telling you you're buying a broken quad core.

An excellent point, but the analogy breaks down in direct comparison with Finecast. If GW had called it Pretty Good Cast and sold it at a significant discount, I'd likely stop complaining. They didn't. They called it Finecast and sell it for more than the metal went for. That's why some of us are annoyed about the whole thing.

To continue the CPU analogy, if Brand A is selling broken quad cores as quintuple cores, do you accept it or do you switch to Brand B until they get this sorted out? I made my choice based not on what I've read, but what I've received. My quintuple core was not even a quad core, and when they sent a replacement it turned out to be a dual core. Brand B for me then.